the oath of office was administered by justice clarence thomas. ♪ [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪ ladies andemen, the president of the united states accompanied by justice clarence thomas and justice amy coney barrett. ♪ ♪ thank you very much. appreciate it. distinguished guests and fellow citizens. this is a momentous day for america, the united states constitution and the fair and impartial rule of law. the constitution is the ultimate defense of american liberty, the faithful application of the law is the cornerstone of the republic that is why as president, i have no more solemn obligation and no greater honor than to appoint supreme court justices. on this october evening, and it is so beautiful, the first lady and i welcome you to the white house to bear witness to history. in a few moments, we will proudly swear in the newest member of the united states supreme court, justice amy coney barrett. [applause] she is one of the nation's most brilliant legal scholars and will make an outstanding justice on the highest court in our land. justice barrett's oath will be administered by the cou

, the president of the united states accompanied by justice clarence thomas and judge amy coney barrettuse] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you very much, appreciated it, thank you very much, distinct is guess and my fellow citizens. this is a momentous day for america, for the united states constitution and for the fair and impartial rule of law. is the ultimate defense of americans liberty, the faithful application of the law is the cornerstone of our republic. that is why, as president, i have no more solemn obligation and no greater honor than to appoint supreme court justices. itthis october evening, and is so beautiful, the first lady and i welcome you to the white house to bear witness to history. willfew moments, we probably swear in the newest member of the united states supreme court, justice amy tony barrett -- amy coney barrett. [applause] she is one of our nation's most brilliant legal scholars and she will make an outstanding justice on the highest court in our land. justice barrett's oath will be administered by the courts longest-serving member, currently on the bench, a man who

the best example of that was the clarence thomas nomination. it couldn't have been a more controversial nomination than that one. chairman of the judiciary committee, joe biden and ted kennedy sitting next to him, it was about as aggressive as it gets. it made in some ways the bork treatment look like child's play. the committee reported out justice thomas with an even vote -- even. and as we all know around here, it only takes one of 100 senators to make you get 60. just one. only one to get the senate in a place where you have to get 60 votes. the tradition of dealing with the judicial nominees with a simple majority was so strong that not one democrat, not one, required 60 votes on clarence thomas. in case you don't remember the vote by -- on his confirmation, it was 52-48. one senator out of 100 could have denied clarence thomas his career on the supreme court. that's how strong the tradition was of dealing with the judiciary in a simple majority way. well, in bush 43, my colleague, the democratic leader, at this meeting apparently with csa

we saw clarence thomas on stage not wearing a mask to my knowledge. i'm not sure if he's had coronavirus or not. amy coney barrett's husband on stage, no mask, the president and the first lady. should they be holding this type of event? what do you think? >> i thought it was insane. the fact they didn't learn a lesson from the first super spreader event. when they held the announcement of now justice barrett's appointment, no one really knew that there was an outbreak at the white house, which almost certainly was already in effect. now we know there's another outbreak at the white house and they still schedule an event. why would you bring so many people and put them at risk? and then the other really insulting thing, if i was the staunch supporter of the president and i went to some of his rallies, i would want to know why you pack me shoulder to shoulder in an unmasked crowd but then you brought all these vips to the white house and separated them and had them mask up. why do you protect them and not us? i think it was offensive, complete live comp

herfirst courtjustice, clarence thomas. her first job courtjustice, clarence thomas.tice, clarence thomas. her firstjob could be to decide the outcome of the presidential election and with the president alongside her, the president alongside her, the former appeals court judge pledged her independence from the political process. the author that i have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that i will do myjob without any fear that i will do myjob without anyfearor that i will do myjob without any fear orfavour that i will do myjob without any fear or favour and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. but in taking the place of the liberal justice ruth bader ginsberg, she will change the court possibly for decades to come. amy coney barrett refused to be drawn on issues such as abortion, climate change and gun control in her confirmation hearing, but few doubt her appointment could herald a new year of rulings and some of the keyissues year of rulings and some of the key issues of american life. with just a week to g

here is judge barrett and the president of the united states and justice clarence thomas, who will do swearing in. [ applause ] now, a very unusual occasion that we're having here right now. it's not unusual for the justice to be sworn in at the white house, but with this kind of pageantry is this just about trump's flair for the dramatic and reality tv presence, or is this about an overt policesizatipolic politicization, the making political of this judge position, because that's the way the president has played it even though she was duly nominated and voted on and will now be sworn in. let's listen to what's happening. still applause. okay. so he's going to make some comments. let's listen to a couple of seconds of it. >> this is a momentous day for america, for the united states constitution, and for the fair and impartial rule of law. the constitution is the ultimate defense of american liberty, the faithful application of the law is the cornerstone of our republic. that is why as president, i have no more solemn obligation and no greater honor than to appoint supreme court justi

roll call saying associates justice clarence thomas scheduled to minister the oath of office to amy coney barrett tonight at the white house according to senior white house officials and there is a look from the south lawn the president is back in washington we will have the event live here on c-span2 once it gets underway but let's hear your reaction and continue to hear your reaction after today's vote. suzanne in pennsylvania on the republican line. go ahead. >> caller: i just want to say what a great day it is for the united states and for myself personally. i have been a fan of amy coney barrett for a while and i wanted her to be named in place of brett kavanaugh so i am so grateful she is finally there and in less than two months i will turn 54 and this is the first time in my life that i am represented on the supreme court as a conservative woman, a wife, a mother and i didn't realize how really wonderful this was but as it was being announced after the vote i cried and wow, it's a really great day for young women and all women in this country. >> host: janet is next in jamaica, ne

what you think are the lessons from the clarence thomas confirmation? -- nomination?lya: we have the most contentious confirmation processes when big shifts are possible. he was nominated to replace thurgood marshall among the most progressive, left side of the court, the first african-american on the court, and here was clarence thomas, even though he was also african-american, was then and still is the most conservative member of the court. that shift is probably even bigger than the one we will see if judge barrett replaces justice ginsburg. that goes into why we are living in such a controversial moment. thomas was young as well, i think 42 or 43 by the time he joined the court. and he is on the court nearly 30 years later and he could still serve, he is in his early 70's, for a while yet. we talked about inflection points and this was an indication of a shift on the court. susan: george bush brought john robertson samuel alito to the court. john roberts quickly became chief after the death of william rehnquist. you're right that he is the byhe's most remembered c

we saw them replicated, even uglier with clarence thomas and what the democrats did to clarence thomashe time justice thomas referred to it as high-tech lynching and it was. justice thomas defended himself and made it through. we saw them do it again with sam alito, the same brutal, ugly attack. i just still remember justice alito's wife reduced to tears as the democrats went into the gutter and we just saw with bret kavanaugh recently. there is a ke pattern. we don't do that to democratic nominees. there's never been a democratic nominee. will engage with them on substance and issues, but the kind of slime and personal attack, for bret kavanaugh, he's got two young daughters. the agony and the pressure that was put on this family was really disgusting and now with judge barrett, i sat down with her this week in the capital and visited with her and one of the things i talked with her quite a bit about was how her kids were doing. seven kids, were already seeing democratic operatives attacking her young children which is despicable and should be totally off bounds, but the left views th

justice clarence thomas said the courts had sweeping new protections of 230 that congress never put in statute. it is time to scrap the law and start over. yesterday the new york post, one of the country's largest newspapers published a piece on hunter biden, and his work on the board of ukrainian energy company burisma. she had no qualifications. it is an important story as most americans would be appalled by the press -- vice president using his father's position to earn an enormous contract. the response from many in the media and twitter and facebook bring to light an even bigger concern, the biggest social networks censoring information. if you are a citizen and posted information in the story, your account was locked. last night republican house judiciary committee posted the story on their website. a government website. twitter has censored it. the big tech censored media and americans posted about the unverified later debunked steel dossier, big tech censored the media and americans when they posted about trump's taxes which were obtained illegally? did big tech sensor the worl

as a white man, he felt uncomforble taking clarence thomas, a black man, on about it. he whole subject matter just made him incredibly uncomfortable. >> another witness has come forward against thomas... >> news of a second woman who onceorked for thomas... >> narrator: biden was at first reluctant to have hill testify, but the sts exploding. >> there were actually three other won, other than myself, who were willing to testify, who had actually said they calledof senator biden'ce and, and offered their own testimony. >> narrator: angela wright offered her own stark allegations against thomas, which thomas denied. >> he asked me, in one situation, what size breasts, my breasts were.nt he told me he to date me. this is a man who has, who, in my opinion, has often spoken inappropriately to women. >> but committee chairman biden conceded tonight that new information about the allegations has come in...pr >> narrator: with thsure mounting, biden agreed to let the women testify. >> the hearing will come to orde >> welcome, professor hill. professor, do you swear to tell the

justice clarence thomas.plause] our country owes a great debt of thanks to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we appreciate it very much, mitch. thank you. we are grateful as well to the senate judiciary chairman, lindsey graham. thank you, lindsay. also with us, senators marsha blackburn, mike braun, bill cassidy, kevin cramer, ted cruz, steve daines, ron johnson, james lankford, mike lee, and martha mcsally. i hope i didn't leave anybody out. [applause] and a very special thanks to our great vice president, mike pence. thank you, mike. also i want to thank white house counsel pat cipollone. thank you, pat. [applause] and very importantly i want to welcome justice barrett's husband, jesse. thank you, jesse. thank you. let me also recognize her seven children, your great, beautiful children. they become really just very, very popular in this nation. people have been watching them and loving them. they are watching right now back home in indiana. thank you very much. i speak to everyone when i say that th

the oath administered byjudge clarence thomas.n despite the super spreader event at the white house to mark her confirmation. 0ur correspond is at capitol hill. the judge seemed to be addressing in her a cce pta nce seemed to be addressing in her acceptance speech one of the main concerns that many people who do not welcome her appointment have, this distinction between judges on the one hand and members of congress and president on the other. she said it is the job ofa other. she said it is the job of a judge to resist policy preferences, and it would be a dereliction of duty to give into them. it's interesting, i don't know whether that will allay the views of her critics are not. that is a point of view that she said time and time again during the confirmation hearings, and really it aligns with the original list view, one that is that you have to take the text of the law as it was written, not only can you not put your own personal views into this, but equally you are not meant to interpret the law, for now, given the constitu

will preside over her swearing—in. thatjustice clarence thomas will preside over her swearing-ina preside over her swearing-in. there is a lot being made at the speed with which this is all happening and people pointing out that she could be behind her desk tomorrow. yeah, it has been so quick. you will remember it was literally about a month ago that she was nominated at that event at the white house. technically speaking she could start work tomorrow, many people saying it is more likely to be next week but technically she could start tomorrow and the reason that's significant is because we don't know but she could because we don't know but she could be able to have her say on another of cases about how mail—in ballots are treated in terms of the election, the time given to count them, also democrats are concerned that she may also have a say if in the event of any challenge to the actual election results if that comes to the supreme court. there is a lot at stake here. it is noise great to speak to you. thank you very much indeed. —— always great to speak to you. we will stay

advertising second class treatment and versa memo offered what's interesting about this, justice clarence thomas1996 naidu not see philosophical or historical justification for recording commercial speech less protection or truthful the noncommercial speech. the thomas wrote the majority opinion the main opinion and read. but yet there still some ssdissidents tween the commercial speech doctrine read. if you read the reed decision strictly there shouldd not be a commercial speech exception. as bob knows all too aware of the secondary doctrine is the legal fiction that the court created an first introduced in 1976 and elevated 1986 to allow for the flagrant suppression of sexually oriented expression that is non- obscene. in essentially under the secondary effects doctrine that allows courts to treat passionately content based on sexually oriented speech to content neutral. read in the secondary effects doctrine's are in r my opinion irreconcilable tension. but so far the lower courts are saying reed does not impact the secondary effects doctrine. the last point, i agree with both that the robert

hey, shannon. >> hey, tucker, first official will be administered by justice clarence thomas. those who obviously are very close and so she will join in what people are speculating could become the common core density becomes really the influential conservative voice pulling together that win. that's the first of tomorrow, under the second oath that will be administered by chief justice john roberts. it once ity happens, she will officially be a justice, just as amy coney barrett. a lot of work waiting in the appeals to the court regarding ballot measures, voting mail. picking up the cases and then they start again on monday, she will face a couple big cases that will test her as a brand-new justice. tomorrow, it's official, she will get to work, talker. >> sean>> tucker: an amazing ni. shannon bream, thank you for that. as we told you, the bulk of the show, sitdown interview with tony bob belinsky, the men who met with joe biden about china. not been out there before. that's tomorrow. right now, the white house swearing for amy coney barrett starts in just a moment, sean hann

he. >> >> juan: see how. >> jesse: clarence thomas doesn't count? ost would have agreed this that this is bruit political politics. >> greg: i guess thomas doesn't count. >> juan: prioritizes barrett getting relief for our economy. >> katie: jesse, amy coney barrett is not a white man. that argument doesn't stand under who she is. >> juan: clarence thomas nominated by donald trump. >> greg: you said on the court. trying to correct you. accurate, juan. >> juan: i'm accurate. this is what she was speaking about last night that if you look at donald trump's nomination to the court. >> greg: i heard that. >> juan: largely white men. >> katie: as debate moderator i'm giving the floor to jesse. >> jesse: largely white men is not a third woman that counts for something, juan. before she grabbed the race club, greg, she lied about honest abe. if you lie about lincoln i think that disqualifies you for running for the v.p. this is what she said abe didn't nominate anybody for the supreme court before the election because he thought he should wait until after t

as a supreme court nominations and joe biden why is no one ever talking about his support for clarence thomas even after the anything else sex allegations little known his support for judge scalia. has in my opinion been a bit of a unofficial can in a lot of the mainstream press the united states on reporting. very critically about biden or scrutinizing him a mean. he's really use the coronavirus and demick to hide away from the press to not take questions to avoid interviews it's something that people are now starting to talk about a lot more than lida for a long time because the mention of this is that this is a very smart strategy it's very clever the way he's avoiding us for his and what inspired me and i think it's a matter of that just. he about i'm not packing the court not about his history why you're not taking the call but there's a lot of stuff there's a lot of things in this record that people have kind of politely avoided talking about in this election is really become a trump and not really about biden you know biden that's probably at this point one of the least scrutinized can

and what's interesting about this is justice clarence thomas in his concurring opinion in martin versus rhode island said i do not see a philosophical or historical justification for courting commercial speech less protection and noncommercial speech. and yet thomas wrote the majority opinion in reed or the main opinion in reed yet there's still some dissonance between the commercial speech doctrine in reed because if you read the read decision strictly there should be a commercial speech accepting and as bob knows all too well the secondary effects doctrine as a sort of legal fiction that the court created, first introduced in 1976 and elevated it in 1986 to allow for the flagrant suppression of sexually oriented expression that is not staying. and essentially under the secondary effects doctrine, that allows courts to treat patently content-based restrictions on sexually oriented speech as content neutral. and read and the next doctrine are in my opinion in irreconcilable tension but so far the lower courts are saying read does not impact the secondary effects doctrine. >> .. i applau

justice clarence thomas was the author of the majority opinion. what justice clarence thomas said is we have to take that crucial first step if the law does make distinctions based on content, then its content based and as such its subject is strict scrutiny. justice essentially says no, a lot of times something like that doesn'tn, have an underlining purpose of content discrimination. thank you. >> thank you, david and ron. fascinating stuff. if you have questions you can either submit them on the webpage if that is where you are viewing this, or through the facebook and twitter and youtube platforms using the hashtag cato. with that i will turn over. >> i want to thank the cato institute for letting me be here today. my focus as a scholar has been on the media, both old media, mainstream media and new media. my remarks today will be focused on the roberts court and what it had to say about the media. in the last 15 years since roberts has been chief justice, there's been a digital revolution. the newspaper industry has been very hard hit by the

family and g god, i am innocent of this charge. >> i do think he took a lot of inspiration from clarence thomasjustice thomas handled those hearings. >> this is a circus. >> don't focus on blasey ford. let other people raise questions about her and her story. attack the senate. these are the guys who did this to you. >> this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. this whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit for your coordinated and well-funded effort to destroy my good name and destroy my family and the vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out. you may defeat me in the final vote but you will never get me to quit. never. >> unbelievably brett kavanaugh had a calendar and went through august of whatever year it was and talked about where he was and he had to prove himself innocent, i think he did. >> senator feinstein. >> what you are saying is if i understand it, is that the allegations by doctor ford, ms. ramirez and ms. sputnik are wrong. >> julie sputnik's cl

her was administered by conservative clarence thomas. >> purpose of is asian. >> and that i will foul and faithfully discharge -- >> that i will file and faithfully discharge >> the duties of the office of which i am about to enter. so help me god. >> barrett spoke outlining her obligation as a judge to ignore both political pressure and her own personal preferences saying she works for you, the american people and will do her job without fear or favor. democrats continue to say the process has been an illegitimate sham. with the cost the gop critical senate seats? we will ask the man who got it done before election day, mitch mcconnell joins us in minutes. judge barrett took the constitutional oath, chief justice john roberts, and immediately get to work including numerous last-minute challenges and mail in ballots and two high profile cases as the next round of oral arguments kickoff monday. jillian turner joins us with more from tonight's event with the newest justice. >> tonight just a month from the day donald trump announced his pick to replace ruth bader ginsburg, welcome judge

speak of the first of judge barrett's oath was administered tonight by justice clarence thomas. she will officially become president trump's third appointment to the supreme court tomorrow after swearing a second oath. at that one in private. tonight she was calm and serene and she took the stage in front of 200 or so guests at the white house. they all wear masks and were seated at a distance. among the vip, republican senator including mitch mcconnell and judiciary chair lindsey graham. both whom played crucial roles in getting barrett to the here and now. she used her time in the spotlight tonight to reflect upon the confirmation process and what it has revealed to her about her new job. a listen. >> it is the job of a senator to pursue her policy preferences. in fact, it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals aside. by contrast, it is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. it would be a dereliction of duty for her to give into them. >> she also delivered a promise to the american people. she said that supreme court justices don't stand for e

the comments monday came as a shock on the first day of the new supreme court session, justice clarence thomaswho rarely speaks at all issued a joint statement with justice samuel alito that the courts 2015 rolling right to same-sex marriage even though that right is found nowhere in the text of the constitution. and he says it comes at the expense of the religious liberty of those who might object. >> we want to take another look at whether or not that's unconstitutionally sound grounds and the court can do it if there is a case that gives them the opportunity to do it.>> reporter: the retired judge believes justice thomas comments are an open invitation to opponents of gay marriage to begin filing lawsuits.>> they are inviting people to get litigation going that will give the court the opportunity to again look at the issue.>> reporter: with the passing of ruth bader ginsburg and the nomination of amy coney barrett conservatives might have a 6-3 majority on the court and the power to amend or even reverse the ruling. in 2015 they were literally dancing in the streets of san francisco, today

claudia: el juez conservador clarence thomas le tomÓ el juramento a barrett. ha fundamentada maÑana oficialmente por el presidente de la corte suprema, el juez john roberts. e ni trabajos y medio en favoritismos, sostuvo la magistrada. trump y los republicanos solicitaron esta victoria ocho dÍas antes de las elecciones presidenciales. la celebraciÓn llega un mes despuÉs que otro evento similar en la casa blanca desencadenÓ un brote de coronavirus. ya que no habÍa mascarillas ni distanciamiento social. el mismo presidente dÍas despuÉs terminÓ contagiado. este evento ocurre en medio de un segundo brote de coronavirus de la casa blanca. cinco miembros del entorno del vicepresidente mike pence estÁn enfermos. esta noche hubo distanciamiento social y mascarillas en el pÚblico. la discusiÓn de barrett amplÍa a seis los maestros conservadores frente a tres magistrales liberales en el supremo. esto podrÍa tener gran impacto para toda una generaciÓn. los republicanos apuraron su confirmaciÓn para antes de las elecciones. barrett comenzarÁ a involucrarse inmediatamente

kennedy. >> so the one you alluded to that strikes me as similar is the thurgood marshall to clarence thomasre you have one of the most liberal members of the court going to one over the most conservative members of the court, and -- >> over of. >> i work for justice thomas and i'm a huge fan of and is obviously have read and learn about the confirmation process as a resident of knowing him. hively recommend his book in learning more but it was a huge -- goes back to point the stakes of the confirmation battle and what drives the insanity and that was a really wild confirm make process. this was the brett kavanaugh everybody is watching this live 24/7 at the same time, things getting leak to the media and is earlier before the allegations came out, was very hostile and very critical of him, and also i think could have parallelled with this where it kind of puts the lie to this idea there's interest groups. you know what you can have one black man replaced by another black ban but they can be diametrically opposed like marshal and thomas. also interesting that with marshall, he had said, if i

>> next there will be a swearingen that will be done by justice clarence thomas, ceremony at the white house and we don't have all the details of that, this first ceremony of her nomination caused quite a stir when all those folks got sick. after that rose garden event. i think there's a lot of protocols in place. it will be tonight sometime. and then there will be unofficial swearing in at the court. she will go to work right away. just tonight, the supreme court ruled 5-3 in favor of the g.o.p. blocking efforts to extend the absentee ballots in wisconsin by six days. so just tonight the supreme court is operating on election cases that justice barrett will be part of as of tomorrow. >> tucker: i can't resist asking. do you think it's possible soon to be justice barrett could weigh in on election related, postelection related cases? >> i think it's clear from her hearing that she's not recusing herself. nor do legal experts think she has to, many of them. some do and the democrats think she should but i think she'll be part of all these cases and if it comes to states having challenge

clarence thomas, justice clarence thomas will swear her in at the white house tonight.ccording to fox news's john roberts. your thought on this american moment? >> you know, it is so hard to put into words. it is an incredibly exciting moment for me to see my former boss join the supreme court but i think more importantly it's a really exciting moment for the american people. she is really, she will be a fantastic justice. elizabeth: you know, debate did rage overnight on the floor of the senate. democrats spoke throughout the night from the senate floor. senator chuck schumer said, we'll fight this sham process by senate republicans. they're saying this is a do-or-die moment. this is life or death with the nomination and the seating of justice barrett. your thoughts and your reaction to that? >> you know, i think back to the hearings that were held two weeks ago. i think we heard so much from judge barrett over the course of those two days. got her answer tough questions from both sides of the aisle. we've seen what a well-qualified candidate she is. we've seen how int

justice clarence thomas was the other of the majority opinion. what justice clarence thomas said is we have to take the crucial first step. if the law makes distinctions based on content, then it content based and is subject to scrutiny. justice is cajun wrote a concurring in which he essentially said no, a lot of times something that may draw distinction, does not have an underlying purpose of this commission. thank you. >> thank you. fascinating stuff. i'll remind the audience if you have questions, you can submit them on our webpage on facebook and youtube platforms using # cato. i'll turn it over to zelensky. >> i want to thank the cato institute for letting me speaker and my focus as a scholar has been on the media both you and new media so my remarks today will be focused on the roberts court and what it has had a media. justice, the digital revolution. reporters, editors, photographers and we have a 20 2015. meanwhile, tech giants have become media giants who control our access to most of the content we see or receive. one might think in t

justice clarence thomas will swear in barrett tonight. this confirmation will long be known for speed cast against the specter of coronavirus this before an election. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell promised just hours after ruth bader ginsburg died that the senate would muscle through a nominee despite the looming election. the senate hasn't confirmed a nominee this late in a presidential election year ever. democrats have tried to delay a vote on president trump's nominee, judge amy coney barrett, at every turn. this weekend democrats even expressed concerns about president mike pence in his role as president of the senate, potentially presiding over the confirmation vote after multiple aids tested positive for the coronavirus. >> the republican party is willing to ignore the pandemic to rush the supreme court nomination forward. god save us. >> the senate did kill a filibuster of the nomination with republican alaska senator lisa murkowski arguing it was too close to the election to fill a seat. but on saturday, murkowski thread

. >> she was officially sworn in as an associate justice by justice clarence thomas tonight. tomorrow justice roberts will administer the judicial oath. >> i will do my job without any fear or favor and i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. >> the senate confirmed barrett by a 52-48 vote. maine senator collins was the only republican to vote against barrett. >>> in the south bay there is a desperate call for volunteers at local food banks. the pandemic has created a hume need f huge need for donations. they are trying to get food supplies out the door. >> reporter: providing food to half a million people every month during the pandemic. second harvest says it has never seen this before. they operated three drive throughs and have since expanded to 130. but the food bank is finding itself short of volunteers. >> we normally get volunteers from a lot of corporate groups, a lot of seniors at our distribution sites. volunteers from school groups. >> reporter: distribution sites are operating at half of what they normally need. their